>>7042631This is true to a extent but the Rock's push and Foley morphing into Cactus Jack brought some interest from the fans back, hhh had become a top heel but the problem was he still couldn't draw, so they had to bring Vince back as a heel and after rock jobbed at wrestlemania they lost interest again since they rehashed the same storyline for the last 3 years. Sure people came for Backlash but that was Austin, they reached a point where they couldn't maintain fan engagement without someone returning which lasted the rest of 2000, until Austin got out of the awful hhh feud and was pushed into the title scene due to anticipation for austin rock which brought a lot of people back for mania season but of course they squandered all of this by turning austin heel, and since they never had hhh put anyone over in the upper midcard while rock had his self contained title feuds, the company basically died after wm17.
